LAFAYETTE PARISH — Lafayette’s city and parish councils kicked off their annual joint budget hearings Thursday, reviewing the administration’s proposed spending plan line by line.

Finance Chair and City Council District 5 representative Kenneth Boudreaux said the first day focused on public works and major capital issues.

“We had our first day of budget hearings… done in a joint session with both the city and the parish councils,” Boudreaux said. “It went as smooth as we could possibly expect… addressed most of the things in public works and a lot of the capital issues — everything related to drainage, roads and bridges — some of the things that people are really, really concerned about.”One major item — the planned renovation of City Hall — is now on hold.

“We did move those funds back

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